diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 055814d9717..5b358d5c156 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     required, based on configured failed volumes tolerated.
     (Lei (Eddy) Xu via cnauroth)
 
+    HDFS-8325. Misspelling of threshold in log4j.properties for tests.
+    (Brahma Reddy Battula via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index c29bd1d796e..ef3e249a99b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
 
 log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
-log4j.threshhold=ALL
+log4j.threshold=ALL
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n